By PAVEL BAILEY
Tribune Staff Reporter
pbailey@tribunemedia.net
A MAN awaiting trial for allegedly trying to murder a police officer was denied bail yesterday after a gun and a large quantity of ammunition was allegedly found in his home.
Magistrate Lennox Coleby charged Emerson Johnson, Jr, 26, and Deera Fox, 23, with possession of an unlicensed firearm, possession of ammunition with intent to supply and possession of ammunition.
The pair were arrested in their residence in Nassau Village on March 7 after police allegedly found a black 9mm Taurus G2C pistol along with 85 rounds of 9mm ammunition and a single .40 round.
Although both defendants pleaded not guilty to the charges, the prosecutor, Inspector Lincoln McKenzie, objected to Johnson’s bail.
At the time of his arrest, Johnson was already on bail for allegedly attempting to shoot and kill Corporal Arnold Fox on February 11, 2023.
While Johnson was denied bail and remanded to the Bahamas Department of Correctional Services, Ms Fox’s bail was set at $7,000 with one or two sureties.
The pair’s trial begins on May 23.
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